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Stretching

i was wondering on the stretching programs people do. I tend to find myself stretching for mainly splits-front/side. the problem i have is that it takes me 20-30 mins to get anywhere decent, and then the next day i start from the same position again.

I have read tom kurz's book and everything else i can find. I do the dynamic stretching in the morning, train at least 2-3 times a week and go to the gym but always find it hard to get motivated for splits stretching.

the reason i would like to do the splits would be just to say i can do them, and that it would help with my kicking.

i am very tiight in the hips and in the hamstrings. doesanybody have good motivational techniques that they use, or different methods to the usual, pnf, contract and then stretch method?

I used to do a few sets of mawashi geri onto a bag with an old belt tied round it. That was the 'minimum height' and when I managed to get every kick above it without losing power I slid the belt up an inch ready for the next workout.

After a while I was kicking reasonably well on each leg, although I was still poor at full splits.